PANO – Vietnam Airlines’s flight VN9411 departing from Incheon Airport in the Republic of Korea arrived in Van Don Airport in Vietnam on June 6.

Van Don International Airport officially started operation from December 2018 (Photo: VnExpress.net)

Earlier on May 27, Van Don Airport welcomed the first international flight from China’s Shenzhen city.

Van Don International Airport officially started operation from December 2018. Since the beginning of this year, the airport has served nearly 750 flights and nearly 95,000 passengers.

The airport is expected to help Quang Ninh achieve its target of welcoming 15-16 million tourists, including 7 million foreigners per year by 2020 and 30 million arrivals, including 15 million foreigners, per year by 2030.

The airport will operate international air routes linking Van Don with Chinese Taiwan, China’s Hainan, Nanning and Guangzhou in June, and Japan and Thailand’s Bangkok later this year.